Campus News

Less than four years ago, Humboldt State senior Matthew Thompkins didn’t put much effort into learning or his education. The lanky, light-hearted undergrad tells you he never studied a day in his K-12 life in south central Los Angeles.

Humboldt State University has opened a new computer lab for graduate students in biology. The shared-use laboratory supports graduate-level study and research in the biological sciences.

English Professor Corey Lewis and Rees Hughes are the editors of a new book, The Pacific Crest Trailside Reader, to benefit the Pacific Crest Trail. Both editors collaborated with a variety of authors to form a two-volume collection of stories about the trail.

HSU Cycling Club members Matt Schiff, Justin Graves, Steve Pearl, Dylan Wright, Nate Abel, Jake Hinlicky, Kaydee Raths and Alex Deich return to Arcata with several national championships medals from Collegiate Mountain Bike National Championships in Angel Fire, N.M. this weekend.

Election results for the newly formed University Senate have been announced. The University Senate will replace the Academic Senate as the campus’ main policy recommending body with the start of the spring semester.

The Humboldt State Speech and Debate (Forensics) team kicked off its 2011-12 season with an impressive showing at the Steve Hunt Classic tournament, finishing third overall.

As the sun rises over the mountains, a glimmer of light reflects off the Yurok Tribe building in Weitchpec, Calif. The glint of sunlight bounces off an array of new solar panels, recently installed with the help of Humboldt State’s Schatz Energy Research Center—the newest energy project in a partnership that spans over a decade.

The Humboldt State University Library has launched a pilot program to digitize student master’s theses published before 2005.

Morgan Varner, a Forestry & Wildland Resources Professor at Humboldt State University, has been named as an Associate Editor for Forest Science, the premiere journal of The Society of American Foresters.

Author, journalist and entertainer Jeff Greenwald, executive director of the non-profit Ethical Traveler, will deliver the keynote address for International Education Week at Humboldt State University on Tues., Nov 15th at 7 p.m. in the Kate Buchanan Room, at University Center. 

The public is invited to attend KHSU's Community Advisory Group meeting on Wednesday, October 26, 2011, from 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at the Student Business & Services building #100, Room 405, on the campus of Humboldt State University.

Humboldt State University continued its trend of obtaining increased private gift and grant revenues, receiving $6,319,398 during the 2010-11 fiscal year. This figure represents a 6.7 percent increase over the previous year’s total.

Last spring, senior business students formed Humboldt State Business Consulting; a class run like a business, as part of Professor Nancy Vizenor’s Small Business Consulting Class, or BA 417. This fall, the current group of students will work with their first clients.

Humboldt State has a new mobile version of its online events calendar, Humboldt State Events. The new mobile version will make it easier to keep up with campus while you're on the run.

Humboldt State University's 13th annual Campus Dialogue on Race will explore From (In) Equality to Equity in Education Oct. 27 to Nov. 9.

Imagine your heart race as your front tire skids through the muddy terrain. You keep a tight grip onto your handlebars and release the brakes as you peddle faster through the dirt and around the ferns. As the cycler behind you gains momentum, you focus on the finish line and peddle faster than you’ve ever peddled.

Since hitting the market in 2003, personal locator beacons have saved hundreds of people from life threatening wilderness situations. The satellite-linked emergency devices alert search and rescue teams to the precise location of a person in danger and can often mean the difference between life and death.

Wednesday evenings at 5:30, students gather together in East Nelson Hall classroom 115. They begin by introducing their name, major and a sexual organ or reference that begins with the first letter of their name. That’s one of the strategies the Society of Women in Math and Sciences (SWIMS) use to learn each other’s names and begin their weekly club meetings.

Humboldt State University Provost Robert Snyder has appointed Dr. Rebecca S. Brown Director of the HSU International Center.

Bring your Jack axes and team spirit to the Main Gym Thursday at 7 p.m. on October 27 for a pep rally to pump up HSU athletes for a weekend full of games.

_The following was provided by the CSU Chancellor's Office_ h3. Online Learning Initiative Moving Forward “CSU Online,” an online learning initiative that will address California’s expanding workforce needs and increase access to high quality education, is making progress with the recruitment of an executive director. The new executive director will work closely with faculty, staff and administrators at all the campuses in executing the vision for the online learning initiative ensuring the project continues in a broad-based, collaborative manner.

Humboldt State’s Telonicher Marine Lab in Trinidad is wrapping up a year and a half long $350,000 renovation of its wet lab and public display area funded by alumni, grants and private donations.

Nurses on the North Coast will be able to continue their education and earn a Bachelor or Master of Science in Nursing (BSN or MSN) degree under a new partnership between California State University, San Bernardino and Humboldt State University.

Award winning National Geographic photographer Charles “Flip” Nicklin will speak at Humboldt State University’s Van Duzer Theatre October 26 from 7 to 10 p.m.

Humboldt State University is one of some 160 colleges and universities statewide that have registered to join in the Great California ShakeOut earthquake drill on Thursday, Oct. 20 at 10:20 a.m.